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2025 Year-End Review

Learn about the all the great work we accomplished in 2025 and our upcoming goals for 2026.

2025 Monitoring Season Kicks Off

Looking for a way to help birds this summer? Here are three opportunities within the BCN coalition to consider!

Important Changes to EBird Data Entry

Current BCN Survey monitors, learn about important changes to how to enter your BCN Survey Point Count data in eBird.

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Osprey Nests on the Increase in Chicago Region

Learn about the status of nesting Ospreys in the Chicago Region and how you can help monitor them.

Chicago Black-crowned Night Heron Project: Summer 2024 Update

Learn the latest updates about the Lincoln Park Zoo rookery, 2024 field season, and public outreach efforts.

Cerulean Warbler

Presentation Recap: The CW Region – A Critical Migratory Bird Corridor

Join us on April 4 at 12 p.m. to learn about what makes our CW Region uniquely important for migrant birds, the increasing threats that migrants are facing, and tangible steps we all can take to help them.

BCN Survey News

Important Changes to EBird Data Entry

Current BCN Survey monitors, learn about important changes to how to enter your BCN Survey Point Count data in eBird.

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